The ex-GB News host will offer one-to-one calls to premium subscribers paying £150 to his Outspoken video channel. Do the economics of go-it-alone TV pundits add up?
The ex-GB News host will offer one-to-one calls to premium subscribers paying £150 to his Outspoken video channel. Do the economics of go-it-alone TV pundits add up?
GB News viewers are being offered direct access to Wootton – who was suspended from the channel last September after fronting the show which hosted Morgan said television schedules had become an “unnecessary straitjacket” and that moving online would allow him to conduct longer interviews and generate more advertising revenue, with the Uncensored YouTube channel attracting 2.4 million subscribers.
However Carlson’s reputation has been tarnished by his Kremlin interview with Vladimir Putin, which was widely criticised for not challenging the Russian President enough. “Novara Media in the UK, Gript in Ireland show that ideologically invested readers and viewers will support outlets they identify with politically,” said Staines, adding that the challenge for Wootton is to “offer something that is not available already on GB News”.
“A media revolution coming, it’s here. The MSM is dying in front of our eyes – and after the way they covered Covid, Boris and Trump, they deserve it quite frankly.”